[Q] WP 7.8 Update Live Tiles stopped working - Windows Phone 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi,
I'm suffering same issue like many other users are reporting. After update WP 7.5 to WP 7.8 some of 3rd party live tiles just stopped working. I tried original tricks for WP7 like deleting endpoints registry key, also trying hints with pin/unpin, reinstall apps etc but nothing has helped.
Then I flashed original MS rom with vanila and live tiles started to work normally at least for few days. Then I installed Bing Translator app pined it to start screen, it was flickering and I have a feeling that just after this, live tiles stopped working over again. I reformatted the storage which did help, but only for few days. Now I'm suffering same problem again. (my phone is Omnia 7, but I doubt is somehow relevant)
Is there any workaround or permanent solution to this?
Thanks a lot

emkovicz said:
Hi,
I'm suffering same issue like many other users are reporting. After update WP 7.5 to WP 7.8 some of 3rd party live tiles just stopped working. I tried original tricks for WP7 like deleting endpoints registry key, also trying hints with pin/unpin, reinstall apps etc but nothing has helped.
Then I flashed original MS rom with vanila and live tiles started to work normally at least for few days. Then I installed Bing Translator app pined it to start screen, it was flickering and I have a feeling that just after this, live tiles stopped working over again. I reformatted the storage which did help, but only for few days. Now I'm suffering same problem again. (my phone is Omnia 7, but I doubt is somehow relevant)
Is there any workaround or permanent solution to this?
Thanks a lot
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No. Just unpin it or use 7.5 and ask the developer to change it.
http://www.wp7roottools.com/index.php/developer-blog

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Can't start apps + 80004005 marketplace.

Hello guys,
Since 3 days now I can't start any purshased app (only see the loading screen then close itself) and I can't buy any app on marketplace, even free apps, always get 80004005 error...
I really don't know wt* is going, I don't have touched my registry (ok just the device name for testing but I set it back to OMNIA7).
Only sideloaded apps works. :/
I already tried to resynch the Live account but don't solve.
Anyone have an idea ?
Thanks.
Changing the device name is one of those NO SERIOUSLY DON'T MESS WITH THIS registry values - I thought the handful of places that ever recommended doing so had put up warning to that effect a while ago, but maybe not. It appears to break the DRM scheme the marketplace uses.
As for things to change... I assume you've tried rebooting the phone already? Also, make sure the registry value is exactly what it used to be, case sensitive and so forth.
In worst case, a hard reset will completley fix it. Registry changes are, fortunately, just in the Flash storage and are wiped in a hard reset.
Yeah.. I did a backup and reseted the phone, now it works.
And I lost all my SMS one more time.
I really wish there was a good way to back those up. It's difficult to extract and restore the SMS store.
Hi ninjy,
this is a problem of the marketplace at the moment.
I got many emails from users that have this problem with my app Week View.
I wrote something about it on my blog: http://www.hannesbiribauer.com/wordpress/?p=800
The problem is also disussed in the Ms answers forum and there is a thread for it in the WPDevFeedback Forum: https://wpdev.uservoice.com/forums/110705-dev-platform/suggestions/7168298-provide-fix-for-c101a7d1-when-updating-80004005-w
greetings,
Hannes

Podcast settings gone?

Hello,
back in September when I updated to Mango, i was able to change settings for podcasts I subscribed to via the phone itself. This included that the phone would automatically download new episodes via Wifi without the need of the Zune Software. (see the top section of this site: http://www.wingadgetnews.com/subscribe-podcasts-windows-phone-7/ )
I am now running version 7.10.8773.98 on my phone (Custom Nextgen+ ROM) and this setting has gone missing. Did Microsoft remove this option in later versions of Windows Phone? Is there some way I can get it back? I do not want to have to boot my PC and start the Zune software to sync my podcasts, I want my phone to do this on it's own like it used to to back in October.
So, I figured this out a while ago through intensive searching and trial, but I figured I post the sollution in this thread for future reference.
all that is needed is a registry change in
HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Zune\Settings
here you'll find a registry entry called "XuidLocale". For me, the value was DE-DE as I live in germany. I changed this to us-EN and the podcast settings came back.
After I reboot my phone, the value changes back to DE-DE, but the podcast settings are still accessible, so that's a good thing
I just upgraded to Tango 7.10.8773.98 (legit) as well as the .12220 firmware for my Lumia 800, and I seem to have lost these features as well. I tried searching for a solution here on the forums and this seemed to be the most relevant and helpful.
However, I can find neither the settings folder nor "XuidLocale" when going through my registries. Any help would be appreciated...
Edit: Or is this fix only for rooted/unlocked phones?
I've just upgraded to Tango and lost the ability to manage podcasts from the handset too. I thought this was a feature of low-end handsets, not my Lumia. As this is one of my primary uses of my phone it could be enough to drive me back to Android and Jellybean.
Gloamin said:
I just upgraded to Tango 7.10.8773.98 (legit) as well as the .12220 firmware for my Lumia 800, and I seem to have lost these features as well. I tried searching for a solution here on the forums and this seemed to be the most relevant and helpful.
However, I can find neither the settings folder nor "XuidLocale" when going through my registries. Any help would be appreciated...
Edit: Or is this fix only for rooted/unlocked phones?
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you need to be at least interop unlocked, I think.
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you need to be at least interop unlocked, I think.
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Yeah, makes sense. I misinterpreted OP's post.
Has anyone (non-US) retained their podcast settings after updating to Tango? Perhaps particularly someone from Sweden with a Lumia device? I got the advice to simply just master reset the phone and just re-sync everything again, but I don't really want to do so if it won't amount to anything.
Gloamin said:
Yeah, makes sense. I misinterpreted OP's post.
Has anyone (non-US) retained their podcast settings after updating to Tango? Perhaps particularly someone from Sweden with a Lumia device? I got the advice to simply just master reset the phone and just re-sync everything again, but I don't really want to do so if it won't amount to anything.
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I wiped when I installed (Zune wouldn't put Tango on so I flashed it using the Nokia care suite - Vodafone UK PAYG version same as my Mango). I have lost my podcast management abilities - I had them in Mango.
Has anyone managed to find the fix for this for non-unlocked devices?
I was able to subscribe to podcasts before on my Lumia 800 but as soon as I installed 12220 the options has gone.
Unfortunately, this happened to me too. Couldn't subscribe to new podcast feeds on the phone (although previously-added feeds still updated). There isn't a registry editor that works with my phone either.
As over-the-air podcast syncing is one of my most-used features, I have reverted back to a pre-Tango backup (using Zune). Everything works fine now, albeit on an older OS version.
Sounds like MS added a region check to Tango to make sure you're in a region that has podcasts in the Zune store before allowing you to manage them on your phone. I hope this gets fixed
I think you are out of luck. Unless MS decides to magically bring these features back, if you don't have the ability to edit the registry, you wont be able to manage podcasts on the device
Sorry.
On Tango it worked for me too.
Now i´m an wp7.8 and there it didn´t work
Any idea?

Live tiles

please forgive me if this has been asked before. i have seen a few posts and been searching for 24 hours but cant get a definitive up to date answer so here goes.
i have just purchased my first windows phone the hd7 to see if its worth spending on a more expensive one.
i hacked the phone and installed HD7 ROM: Windows Phone 7.8 Deepshining v8.1 (build 8862.144) on it.
for some reason i dont get ANY notifications at all on anything except for email. this includes
1. facebook
2. me live tile
3. zune player now playing.
there is probably more but i dont know as its still new. now i need facebook pushes more than anything as i do a lot of buying / selling / trading on facebook and need to be informed the minute someone posts. i dont care if its in the facbook app or the me live tile, anything would be ok. setting up email notifications isnt an option as its a business email and need to keep it clean of facebook crap and need to know the difference between an email and a facebook update.i noticed that the HD7 ROM: Windows Phone 7.8 Deepshining v8.1 (build 8862.144) says it fixes the live tile bug. was this bug the bug i am mentioning now?
so any advice would be welcome on how to get it set up. i have linked my facebook account to my live account and tried installing / uninstalling facebook with a reboot inbetween and also tuned pushes off then on again with a reboot inbetween. i havent done a hard reset as it took me ages to add photos to my 200+ contacts and dont want to restart doing all that again.
it may sound silly but surely microsoft and facebook betrween them could have sorted something as simple as push notifications out by now. they worked perfectly on my crappy little zte blade android. kind of wish i had it back now lol.
since I haven't installed the 8.1 yet, I can only say: go for the v8.0 or dynamics (this rom in particular will do a zune update without problems to the 8862), is up to you which rom.

[Q] Titan not working correctly after forced update to WP7.8

Hi, I was hoping someone could help me!
I had a Titan which I successfully updated to WP7.8 earlier this year using the 78er tool. Unfortunately I dropped that phone and smashed the screen but my insurance company just sent me a new handset so, naturally, the first thing I did was attempt to update to 7.8 again.
I realise now that I should probably have let the default WP7.5 ROM fully update through Zune before running 78er but, alas, I did not. Now, since updating to WP7.8, some aspects of my phone's functionality are working fine but other aspects are not.
For instance I cannot access a variety of settings: the WiFi menu, the accounts menus (email, Facebook, etc), the lock + wallpaper menu, mobile network menu and others. Every time I select one of these nothing happens.
I don't know what to do to resolve this - I cannot re-run 78er as it tells me that it has already updated, so I can only assume that I need to flash an earlier (stable) ROM and then re-run 78er again. But, I must confess I don't know how to do this.
Something that puzzles me is that the OS is otherwise operating normally.
Any thoughts?
Many thanks.
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RESOLVED!
After some searching I discovered that this was due to my selecting the wrong language during the Seven-Eighter update (I selected US English instead of UK English). It seems this is quite a common problem and the solution was to use Cab Sender to send the relevant UK English files to my phone from this page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306415
I had to start from the first update and work my way through. It didn't start working until I had updated to "WP 7.8 OS UPDATES (7.10.8779.8 - 7.10.8779.8)"
Patience is necessary!

Windows 10

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Now that the Windows 10 Insider Preview supports the one M8 I'm going to give it a shot. Will report back how it all works out etc.
First since the Windows Phone Recovery Tool (2.0.3) now supports it as well. I will take this chance to do a restore on the phone.
Since no RUU are available for T-Mobile M8 and the tool has a firmware package available I'm going to let it flash over the device. If i can locate the downloaded firmware if its in any usable .nbh file that would help everybody else. I like to believe many bugs can be caused by a bad flash and since there's no RUU you can't necessarily rule some out.
Issues that are not on articles that I've read.
A lot of UI inconsistencies. App images on the start screen and the apps list are blurry depending on the app. Wasted space, a lot of the UI isn't scaled properly.
The start sceen has the option to go with the old school layour. Two Regular Square tiles across or Three across. Well it stays at three across no matter which one you pick. I tried removing all tiles just to see if they would reset a cache or registry somewhere and allow the two across layout. That caused me to loose the start screen entirely. Power the device off or on i will only see the all Apps list and the start button takes you to the list.
The Store Beta app appears to be just a link in the start start screen if unpinned you will lose it. While the regular App store in the apps list takes you to the WP8.1 app store.
To get my Google account synced up I have to do it via the Peoples app or Outlook Mail. There is no option to add a Google account or anything of that nature in the Settings app.
The nav bar is ALWAYS there. Some UI elements will remain under it similar to the same bug on WP8.1
All the bing apps are just links to the install page in the Beta Store. The Music Preview, Video Preview apps are also just links to the Beta store. Once you install them the link becomes the actual app, but you lose that path to the Beta store if you unpinned it from the start screen.
If copying something to/from the device. If the display times out and transfer is interrupted.
The brightness slider if you simply tap to jump around the level the actual brightness will not change. You'll have to slide it. I've always found WP levels to be too high. So i had to slide it from 100 and progress slowly for the changes to take affect.
So download an HTC 8X RUU and removed the RUU_SIGNED and UEFI_signed 8X files and replacing them with the M8 files that the Windows Phone recovery Tool downloaded. The RUU.exe was able to recognize my device and the new files. The phone is currently being reflashed with those .nbh files.
Update: The RUU.exe from the 8X RUU worked. Similar flash like the Windows Phone Recovery Tool.
Used the Windows Insider app to enable W10 updates. Waiting for the updates to appear.
I was prompted for a WP8.1 update, then was presented with this after the install.
Edit* Got prompted for W10 update. Screen shot included
On windows 10. First thing, the proportions on everything seems off. I'm all for smaller text since first things i do on android is lower the dpi. It just doesn't look right.
Going to do a factory reset, just to erase any lingering user data that might cause issues.
Couldn't take screen shots.
What I did to get up to this point.
Using the Windows Phone Recovery Tool (and tested the RUU I uploaded) I made sure no stock updates came through.
Installed the Windows Insider app, which then got prompted for an update.
Once the first update was installed I ran the Windows Insider App again, The phone was automatically rebooted
Windows 10 update came up and installed.
Now performing a factory reset to have a clean Windows 10 to work with.
Keep up the good work! did the factory reset fix your DPI issues? Im an android m8 user, but if it were ever possible, I would install windows 10... always willing to try new stuff out
OP updated. Will spend the night out and see how it all goes down. It'll also give me a chance to test out how GPS and the new Maps app perform as well as Bluetooth.
Hope you're having luck with Windows 10. I just downgraded mine because I couldn't stand the amount of crashes that were consistently happening. You'd think the first thing they'd look into would be making sure the people app and contact related software worked before involving people in a beta test. I could understand bugs but I literally couldn't open the people app, and if I tried to search for a contact, the search would close. Its not even close to being a daily driver OS yet.
rumblpak said:
Hope you're having luck with Windows 10. I just downgraded mine because I couldn't stand the amount of crashes that were consistently happening. You'd think the first thing they'd look into would be making sure the people app and contact related software worked before involving people in a beta test. I could understand bugs but I literally couldn't open the people app, and if I tried to search for a contact, the search would close. Its not even close to being a daily driver OS yet.
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People app works fine on this end. I made sure to do a factory reset after the upgrade to W10 was done. Granted it is still technically an OS in beta there are an outstanding amount of issues for a build of 10080. What I've seen they have only just merged the underlying code from the Desktop branch. The universal apps have been touched up around the corners to make them work on smartphones, but user end of the experience is still a mess.
Some of the other things i've noticed.
Some apps continue to use a white or black colored font even when I change the theme. The Music Preview app for example. The text color remains white even after you switch to the light theme. So youre literally looking at a white screen playing music unless you switch back to the dark theme.
When attaching anything to a message if you chose to browse for your picture/video from the "This Device" or "Removal Disk D (sdcard)". When you go to actually select the picture nothing will happen. The picture wont get selected. Youll have to use the Photos option to use the separate app which most people will do anyways.
Text a contact whose number isn't in your Outlook contacts will remain as just a number even after syncing Google contacts which has the same saved. Threads where kept separate from each other with the Google Contact details in one thread and the other just the number. Only after saving the number to my Outlook account and linking both contacts (Google & Outlook) where the threads combined.
Maps turn by turn navigation will blend into any music you have playing. Compared to Google Maps which it would lower any audio being played and loudly tell you directions. The Maps app however will just keep all outgoing audio the same volume.
I had my fun on Windows 10 for over a week (closer to two weeks really). So much stuff messed up in day-to-day usage that I had to dial back to 8.1 for now.
I am on Verizon, the restore tool DOES NOT WORK on the Verizon version of the phone (Package not found error)! You must use ACDU and flash the rom yourself to go back to Windows 8.1!
On the bright side, even backups on Windows 10 are restoring on Windows 8.1.
The issues I experienced (almost all I believe to have have reported to Microsoft):
DPI issues and the option to change it being nonfunctional. (mentioned above because you'd have to be blind not to notice it right off the bat lol)
Dot View case is completely non-functional, although app still appears in Settings.
Changing theme from black to white and back again sometimes results in theme staying white on settings screen, but turning back to black on rest of setup.
Alarms do not migrate over to new alarm app in Windows 8.1, but old alarms will still go off(randomly)!
Emails notifications that were listed in the Action Center before migration do not disappear from Action Center after migration, they listed as a random registry value and must be cleared.
Count down timer will crash randomly when changing the hour
NBCNews app crashes on startup
Outlook will not migrate multiple Google accounts correctly. I had to remove both of my Google accounts (one for personal, one for work) and then readd them to get both of them to function. Also, Outlook cannot setup multiple accounts with different notification icons.
Adding accounts to Outlook is a pain in the ass (mentioned above)
Phone icon appears twice in apps list.
Phone randomly locks up after alarm, toast notification, or even incoming call goes off. You must eject the sim card to get the phone to reboot to access the phone again because the touch sensor will stop responding.
When trying to open attachments from Outlook, Project Spartan will open and give and error instead (with PDFs and Excel files anyway).
When browsing with Internet Explorer, if you try to use built in Bing, it will switch to Project Spartan.
Rendering issue with IE's address bar.
Project Spartan has so many issues, I won't even bother to list them all. Lots of issues with tabs and using the back button. Rendering is a huge improvement over IE, but the UI is a huge step back IMO.
When going back to the Start Screen after an extended length of time, the Start Screen must thaw. This phone has 2GBs of ram for Pete's sake! I don't expect it to behave like my Lumia 635!
Wi-fi switch in Wifi menu doesn't appear to have a red outline around it, only a switch.
Cortana no longer shows local news (I really liked that feature!)
Probably other issues, but I think I remembered most of them! I don't recommend trying this current build at all for ANYONE with an M8!
*edit* For anyone who wants to flash the Verizon rom on, the link to the rom is here. I have additional info on the process here along with a video.
Error 0xFFFFFE70
Tachi91 said:
So download an HTC 8X RUU and removed the RUU_SIGNED and UEFI_signed 8X files and replacing them with the M8 files that the Windows Phone recovery Tool downloaded. The RUU.exe was able to recognize my device and the new files. The phone is currently being reflashed with those .nbh files.
Update: The RUU.exe from the 8X RUU worked. Similar flash like the Windows Phone Recovery Tool.
Used the Windows Insider app to enable W10 updates. Waiting for the updates to appear.
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Hi. I bought HTC One M8 for Windows mobile (T-Mobile US version) running WP 8.1 OS few days ago. Whenever I try to log into Microsoft account I get error code 0xFFFFFE70 saying 'We weren't able to activate your phone' with an advice to contact Microsoft support regarding error.
I have searched on-line for this error and have tried everything advised including correcting system date/time settings, soft/hard reset of phone, even reformatting the stock firmware with WDRT (Windows Device Recovery Tool) and also HTC custom tool. Nothing seems to resolve this error so far. Due to this I am unable to use windows store to download apps or log into my one drive on phone etc as each one of these requires Microsoft account login.
I was thinking maybe you can help me by providing me with latest windows 10 preview RUU for HTC M8 (T-Mobile). If you installed it on your M8 via WDRT (Windows Device Recovery Tool) then you can copy it from C:\ProgramData\HTC\Packages\Products (default directory for WDRT). Maybe Windows 10 preview would solve my problem.
how can i do this on the AT&T one?
Interested in upgrading to w10 with my Verizon One... Does it work right? I'm more concerned about going back to w8.1 in case I does not.
Luis_D1 said:
Interested in upgrading to w10 with my Verizon One... Does it work right? I'm more concerned about going back to w8.1 in case I does not.
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My experience with Windows 10 Mobile on the M8, prior to build .420 was more or less unpleasant. Battery drain was more than 8.1 (I even waited atleast 5 charge cycles to see if it changed), the bug after the upgrade caused if you have a passcode lock was still there (which means you have to reboot after the upgrade to be able to login), messaging would crash/hang sometimes, call quality for me was not so great, and sometimes I would get app freezes or other lockups where touch would not respond. I own the AT&T variant and I simply used the Windows Device Recovery tool to reset it back to Windows 8.1.
There is a way though using the interop tools found here on XDA to upgrade to the Redstone build. I have tested it on my Samsung ATIV SE without a sim card and so far so good for 1 day now, and I plan to update my M8 as well. If folks want I could report back how the Redstone build works with the M8?
nate0 said:
My experience with Windows 10 Mobile on the M8, prior to build .420 was more or less unpleasant. Battery drain was more than 8.1 (I even waited atleast 5 charge cycles to see if it changed), the bug after the upgrade caused if you have a passcode lock was still there (which means you have to reboot after the upgrade to be able to login), messaging would crash/hang sometimes, call quality for me was not so great, and sometimes I would get app freezes or other lockups where touch would not respond. I own the AT&T variant and I simply used the Windows Device Recovery tool to reset it back to Windows 8.1.
There is a way though using the interop tools found here on XDA to upgrade to the Redstone build. I have tested it on my Samsung ATIV SE without a sim card and so far so good for 1 day now, and I plan to update my M8 as well. If folks want I could report back how the Redstone build works with the M8?
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Not trying to steal the OP steam at all, but in the event folks would like the info later below here it is:
Today with the Interop Tools installed on M8 with Win10 Mobile Release 1, I edited the registry to read NOKIA as the Manufacturer and RM-1104 which is the global version of the 950, as the Model Name. I then installed the update to 10.0.14372.0.
I had tested this formula on my Samsung ATIV SE with no issues prior...
After the Update: So far I am impressed. The Redstone build 10.0.14372.0 on my AT&T M8 installed just fine. It was a quick install compared to upgrading from 8.1 to 10 release 1. All the apps updated just fine. I edited the registry back to the original manufacturer/model name. Battery drain does not seem to be as much of a problem with this build on my M8, I was at about 67% and it recorded 1day 8hrs remaining from there, but I will check it again in a couple of days. I also have visual voicemail working
The 1 noted issue thus far is the front facing camera (if used) will crash the OS where it is at and cause it to reboot, but for now I can deal without the front facing camera.
nate0 said:
Not trying to steal the OP steam at all, but in the event folks would like the info later below here it is:
Today with the Interop Tools installed on M8 with Win10 Mobile Release 1, I edited the registry to read NOKIA as the Manufacturer and RM-1104 which is the global version of the 950, as the Model Name. I then installed the update to 10.0.14372.0.
I had tested this formula on my Samsung ATIV SE with no issues prior...
After the Update: So far I am impressed. The Redstone build 10.0.14372.0 on my AT&T M8 installed just fine. It was a quick install compared to upgrading from 8.1 to 10 release 1. All the apps updated just fine. I edited the registry back to the original manufacturer/model name. Battery drain does not seem to be as much of a problem with this build on my M8, I was at about 67% and it recorded 1day 8hrs remaining from there, but I will check it again in a couple of days. I also have visual voicemail working
The 1 noted issue thus far is the front facing camera (if used) will crash the OS where it is at and cause it to reboot, but for now I can deal without the front facing camera.
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Just wondering, is there a way to install Windows 10 on a 8.1 device now? They pulled the Insider support, so I was wondering. Thanks!
I no longer have my m8, but I have an Ativ SE from my VZ days. I was able to edit the registry about 2 weeks back on the Ativ to get the anniversary update installed. There are many tutorials for changing the proper keys on this site. It should still work.
nar001 said:
Just wondering, is there a way to install Windows 10 on a 8.1 device now? They pulled the Insider support, so I was wondering. Thanks!
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Hi nar001,
Any luck??? Am also looking for a solution to upgrade my 8.1 Ver HTC M8 ... Any help will be much appreciated...
masfaq said:
Hi nar001,
Any luck??? Am also looking for a solution to upgrade my 8.1 Ver HTC M8 ... Any help will be much appreciated...
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Nope, still nothing. I guess we're dead in the water, sadly.
nar001 said:
Nope, still nothing. I guess we're dead in the water, sadly.
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Hey does anyone tried to flash a RUU file of a Windows 10 Mobile?? Probably somebody must have tried they way Mi4 worked!!! must search for Chinese sites.,,,

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